30 — Sunday, September 25, 1994 — North Shore News

The final bow

TWENTY FOUR people in Tokyo
were killed in bowing accidents
between the years 1988 and 1993,
according to the UK edition of
Marie Claire magazine.

The incidents range from peo-
ple being accidentally nudged
under trains while bowing; getting
trapped in revolving doors; and
falling on escalators.

In response to the deaths,
Tokyo authorities have introduced
marked “greeting zones.” located
at safe distances from danger areas
so that citizens may bow without
atisk.

According to a notice in July's
U.S. News & World Report, a new
book by San Diego researcher
Thomas T. Samaras criticizes the
negative environmental effect of
Americans’ historically increasing
height.

Taller people require signifi-
cantly more of the Earth's
resources, writes Samaras, who
recommends controlling children’s
diets to make them shorter.

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Savannah, Georgia — Robert
Palmer, 44, was charged in April
with burglary after removing a
window pane and entering the
home of Joseph Palmer.

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of mischief, claiming in court that
he broke into the dwelling only to
ascertain whether he was related to
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Dallas, Texas — Lawyer Brian
Loncar defended against his recent
indictment for bigamy by saying
he did not believe his second mar-
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ding was performed in Las Vegas
by an Elvis Presley look-alike, that
it was a “phony deal.” Countered
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Piercing through
pointless piffle

Robert
Aiken

HEAVENS ABOVE

WE DWELL in a mystery
that is ultimately more te be
savored than solved.

The unknown is empty. Nothing
is there. No wants, no needs, no
desire. This is peace, our own self.
We don’t have te attain it, achieve it
or acquire it by any method whatso-
ever described by any man or any
god or any creator.

No effort is required to reach
there. It is the easiest of ail to know
who we are. We don't need to travel
to find freedom. We are already
free.

The notion, “l need freedom,”
constructs a wall between us and
freedom. Remove the concept that
there’s a wall between us and free-
dom and what happens?

This wall is “imagined.” What
happens when we remove the wall
which does not even exist? We
haven't removed anything. Then,
whe were we, who are we and who
would we be?

I love the radical} teaching of
ultimate truth, which is: no teacher,
no teaching, no student. A “teach-
ing™ that never was, never will be
— never is.

There is, quite simply, no such
state as seeing the real. Who is to
see what? What can only be the real
~— which we are anyhow. The prob-
lem is only mental. We could
choose to abandon false ideas,
that’s all. .

There is no need of true ideas.
There are none.

We are what we are, but we
know what we are not.

There is in the body a current of
energy, affection and intelligence
which guides, maintains and ener-
gizes the body. We could discover
that current and stay with it, yet —
there is no body, nor a world to con-
tain it; there is only a mental condi-
tion, a dream-like state, easy to drop
by questioning its reality.

“Here is everywhere. ‘Now,
always. Go beyond the ‘I-amv-the-
body" idea and you will find that
space and time are in you and not
you in space and time. Once you
have understood this, the main
obstacle to realization is removed.”
— Poonja.

Realize yourself as less than a
point in space and time, something
too small to be cut and too short-
lived to be killed ... then, and only
then, all fear disappears. When you
are smaller than the point of a nee~
die, then the needle cannot pierce
you — you pierce the needic!

ALL SIGNS

What with transiting Uranus and
Neptune going “virect™ (Oct. 1 and
2) itis high time that we move on
from where we have been/are now.
Willingly choose (of your own voli-
tion) to surrender to positive, con-
structive change. Choose to discard

or eliminate all of that which is no
longer relevant to your further
unfoldment and development. Not
“you” doing that; rather, just the
“allowing.”

Sept. 25 - Oct. 1, 1994

TT ARIES (March 21-April 20)

Not likely to follow logical advice,
Sunday. Aries. Love light turned on, early
week. Keep feet on the ground, mid-week.
Imagination works overtime. One step at a
time, Friday. Risks can bring rewards,
Saturday.

G  FAURUS (Apri 21-May 21)

Spend time alone with partner,
Sunday, Taurus. Look your best, Monday.
Discuss mutual goals, Tuesday, Weduesday,
keep your temper. ‘Thursday, lighten up. Have
fun, Friday night. Saturday, ciffioult for rela-
tionships. This too, shall pass.

TE GEMINI (May 22-Junz 21)

Romantic influences, Sunday,
Gemini. Buy yourself something new and
expensive, early week. Wednesday, easy to
overdo things. Get help for physical work.
Watch finances, Thursday. Friday, soineone
you love behaves erratically. Watch what you
say to partner, Saturday,

GN CANCER (June 22-July 23)

XD Sunday is for your partner, Cancer.
Romantic life even better, early week.
Wednesday, develop a creative project. Your .
ideas, cacellent, Thursday. Friday, tow profile
regarding a work issue. A temporary financial

block, Saturday.
? LEO (July 24-Aug, 23)

Stome life, Leo, enters a new cycle,
carly week. Ignore gossip, Wednesday.
You'll be happier. Communicate very clearly,
Thursday. Someone you had counted on,
Friday, could let you down. Results are deter-
mined by attitude, Saturday.

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)

You have great ideas, Virgo. You
rarely talk about them. They remain
unknown. Your mood, sociable, early week.
Obstacies, Thursday. Watch your step, Avoid
trouble, Friday. Exercise, Satunlay.

SX LIBRA (Sept. 24-Gct. 23)

~~ Family difficulties solved, Sunday,
Libra. Many blessings, cxrly week, Nurture
your closest relationship, Wednesday.
Thursday. significant career changes. Friday,
stnooth, Community involvements bring new
contacts, Saturday.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)

A few snags slow your progress,
Sunday, Scorpio. Monday, good fortune.
More romance, Tuesday, Wednesday, illusion
is in the air. Choose magic or deception.
Don’t be swayed, Thursday. Friday, know

_ your facts. A new assigament, Saturday,

could iscrease income.

ZF SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dee. 21)
Contiaue to follow intuition,
Sunday. Loving energies, Monday. A mes-
sage that doesn’t make sense, Tuesday.
Wednesday, take no chances with money.
Watch finances, Thursday. Plan carefully,
Friday, Saturday, obstacles to travel plans.

B CAPRICORN (Dev. 22-Jan. 20)

Creativity and imagination work
togzther nicely, early week, Capricom. Keep
options open. Some hostility disected toward
you, mid-week. Friday, quieter. Decide what
changes you want in your social life,
Saturday.

WY AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 19)
Keep up the good work on the job,
early week, Aquarius. You're being watched.
Avoid danger, Wednesday, Thursday, watch
your health, Talk feelings ont with a friend,
Friday. Push-pull energy. Saturday.
JE _ PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)
Your ideas meet with approval,
early week, Pisces. You may consider mov-
ing. Tuesday. Accept some harsi: truths,
Wednesday. Don't doubt what you feel.

Thursday. Conflict at work, Friday. Stay
clear. Saturday, do something just for fun.

Robert Aiken, an internationally Anawn
astrologer and counsellor with 35 years’
eaperivcace, offers thorough, in-depth tape
recorded astralogical readings. Although
currently in Hawaii, readings can still be
ordered by writing to: P.O. Box 30026, 3650
Mi Seymour Parkway, North Vancouver,
B.C. V7H OY, ar by phoning 926-4961,